Intro
[Has a walking bass on the D]
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [A] [G] [D/F#] [Em] [A]
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [A] [G] [D/F#] [Em] [Asus] [A]
Verse 1
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]
Cockatoos call in the morning
[G] [G/F#] [Em] [A]
Surf crashes on a golden sand
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]
He's five hours from the dust and the paddocks
[G] [G/F#] [A]
To the edge of the big brown land
Verse 2
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]
He's missing that farm under Sugarloaf Mountain
[G] [G/F#] [Em] [A]
There's sheep to feed there's crops to grow
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]
He lies awake but in his mind
[G] [G/F#] [Asus] [A]
Drives the road to Adelago
Chorus
[G] [D/F#]
He's ready to hear the crackle of gravel
[Em] [D/F#]
Yearning for that homeward road
[G] [D/F#]
He'll cross that bridge to the sandy ridge
[Bm] [F#m]
Out where the black pine grow
[G] [D/F#] [Em] [D]
Take that track straight back to Adelago
Verse 3
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]
His sons had nеver seen the ocean
[G] [G/F#] [Em] [A]
It's been a strugglе just to get away
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]
He stares out to sea, but the call of home
[G] [G/F#] [Asus] [A]
Gets stronger every day
Verse 4
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]
Cos he can't help thinking about the dams and the silos
[G] [G/F#] [Em] [A]
Well he's ready just to pack the car
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A]
At the journey's end to stand again
[G] [G/F#] [Asus] [A]
At the gates to Waratah
Chorus
[G] [D/F#]
He's ready to hear the crackle of gravel
[Em] [D/F#]
Yearning for that homeward road
[G] [D]
He'll cross that bridge to the sandy ridge
[Bm] [F#m]
Out where the black pine grow
[G] [D/F#] [Em] [D] [Dsus]
Take that track straight back to Adelago
Instrumental
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [A] [G] [D/F#] [Em] [A]
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [A] [G] [D/F#] [Em] [Asus] [A]
Chorus
[G] [D/F#]
He's ready to hear the crackle of gravel
[Em] [D/F#]
Yearning for that homeward road
[G] [D/F#]
He'll cross that bridge to the sandy ridge
[Bm] [F#m]
Out where the black pine grow
[G] [D/F#]
ready to hear the crackle of gravel
[Em] [D/F#]
Yearning for that homeward road
[G] [D/F#]
He'll cross that bridge to the sandy ridge
[Bm] [F#m]
Out where the black pine grow
[G] [D/F#] [Em]
Take that track straight back
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [A] [G] [D/F#] [Em] [A]
to Adelago Adelago
Outro
[D] [D/C#] [D/B] [D/A] [G] [D/F#] [Em] [A] [D]
